We're begining a new round of testing for MediaMonkey 3.0. This is a major release that adds a fair bit of new functionality (only some of which is complete at this stage).

The most recent 3.0 build will always be in the most recent post in this thread. To be notified of future builds, just subscribe to the thread.

Before you rush into downloading it, remember that it's an Alpha build and contains a variety of changes that have not been thoroughly tested. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes by advanced users who are comfortable with pre-release software. If you plan on testing it, take precautions to backup your data to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

In terms of feedback, at this stage we're most interested in major issues related to the database, tagging, playback, vista support, etc. (some of the new features are still fairly raw, and we have more work planned on improving them). Let us know what you think!

InstallationDouble-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

Enjoy!-The MediaMonkey Team

Last edited by rusty on Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:17 pm, edited 4 times in total.

Here's another alpha of MM 3.0. You'll find that it's much more stable, though we're not even close to resolving all the issues that you're reporting in the forum.

Before you rush into downloading it, remember that it's an Alpha build and contains a variety of changes that have not been thoroughly tested. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes by advanced users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Keep the feedback coming! It really helps us make the product better. There's so much of it coming that we're not able to keep up/respond to all of it, but we are listening--most of the fixes fixes are based on bug reports that you've sent. btw, I'd be very interested in hearing performance-related feedback from users with large collections (25k+ tracks).

What's new?

2558 Added different headers to Now Playing in minimized mode2237 Added total lockdown to Party mode2878 Added option to burn same disc again1991 Added query by Track#1992 Added query by Media1985 Added query by Album / Album Comments0715 Added query by Type2558 Improved integration of the Mini-Monkey with the Now Playing window2851 Improved grouping by Album Artist in Album Art views2834 Fixed occasional access violations in Album Art views2839 Fixed access violations when user adds album art before view has refreshed2860 Fixed access violation on addition of Album Art via group properties2856 Fixed Track # should be shown in AA view instead of play order #2832 Fixed minimizing progress bar can trigger access violation2829 Fixed <ctrl><a> in some views triggers access violation2836 Fixed access violation when user double-clicks on minimonkey to restore2830 Fixed access violation when winamp is used as the player2847 Fixed player flickers when docked under tracklist and mouse hovers on it2841 Fixed access violation on resizing player2867 Fixed minimized status bars not visible in unskinned mode2874 Fixed Editing rating from within player triggers apparent change in Now Playing list2558 Fixed tracks don't play on double-click in Mini-Monkey if player is stopped/paused2866 Fixed 'All' nodes fail to update to reflect scanning progress2802 Fixed Album Ratings shouldn't appear editable2872 Fixed Access Violation for scripts calling GetNodeData 2850 Fixed podcasts fail to download if episode title contains > 1 line2857 Fixed occasional freezes from some podcast downloads2858 Fixed freeze upon removal of many tracks from the library2840 Fixed access violation on clearing many Genre fields at once2837 Fixed database version check fails in some cases2844 Fixed access violation when multiple selects occur2842 Fixed 'List index out of bounds' error in virtual tree2854 Fixed auto-tag from Amazon doubles up track listings2833 Fixed playlist.m3u should be moved from My Music to App Data directory2827 Updated to FLAC 1.1.4 libraries

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

Here's another alpha of MM 3.0. Again, it's more stable, but there's still more work ahead.

Before you rush into downloading it, remember that it's an Alpha build and contains a variety of changes that have not been thoroughly tested. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes by advanced users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming! There's a lot of it coming so we're not able to respond to all of it, but we are listening.

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

Here's another build for you to try--thanks for your patience--this build has been delayed due to some personal issues. Again, there are lots of stability improvements, plus a couple of new features, including support for tagging of most fields (to be documented in the wiki soon).

Before you rush into downloading it, remember that it's an Alpha build and contains a variety of changes that have not been thoroughly tested. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes by advanced users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming! There's a lot of it coming so we're not able to respond to all of it, but we are listening.

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

I think you'll enjoy this new build. Thanks to Morten, who pushed and prodded for new skinning features and spent countless hours creating a new skin, MM is now much easier on the eyes! Aside from the looks department, there's a lot in this build under the hood that improves database performance and adds brand new filtering functionality to segregate collections within a library. Also, most known stability issues have been resolved.

Before you rush into downloading it, remember that it's an Alpha build and contains a variety of changes that have not been thoroughly tested. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes by advanced users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming! There's a lot of it so we're not able to respond to all of it, but we are listening.

What's new?

3088 Added Glided skin as default. Special thanks to Morten!2957 Added Casino Orange skin.3042 Added various new skin objects to support Glided skin0897 Added player spectrograph0102 Added filtering functionality for multiple collections3026 Added ability to auto-delete podcasts based on rating1572 Added live indicator of sync list size2952 Added support for WMA SharedUserRating tag3078 Added queries for # tracks by Artist or in Album and # Albums by Artist3054 Improved performance in startup, scanning, tracklist, sorting, etc.3089 Improved auto-dj performance2825 Improved behaviour of hierarchy browser & fixed several bugs2547 Improved automation via auto-organize rules2844 Fixed freezes caused by more than one SELECT3115 Fixed regression: File Monitor doesn't detect changes to a directory name1426 Fixed micro-player sometimes fails to appear1449 Fixed scanning some m4a tracks causes MM to crash in Vista3087 Fixed Sync list totals fail to update correctly / freeze3061 Fixed sync status bar moves to the left sometimes3084 Fixed tracks sync unnecessarily if 'save album art to tags is enabled'2782 Fixed sync via wmdm doesn't delete empty directories3105 Fixed Auto-conversion with 'Save album art to tag' option doesn't work3037 Fixed sync album art to WMDM devices can crash if no drive letter assigned3085 Fixed sync album art can be in unsupported format3067 Fixed eject device can trigger an access violation3064 Fixed removing device while tracks are open can can an access violation2971 Fixed clicking 'Show all tracks' in Album Art view doesn't work correctly3066 Fixed connecting an iPod can cause an access violation2859 Fixed more errors in the statistics report3062 Fixed Playlists don't sync when tracks within are auto-converted2982 Fixed playing flac while converting flac triggers an access violation3109 Fixed per Album volume leveling on FLAC tracks doesn't work2869 Fixed podcast opml directories should use opml 1.0 where possible3100 Fixed Podcast cannot be deleted from within a podcast node3094 Fixed various cosmetic issues in podcast functionality3095 Fixed podcasting 'download all' new episodes downloads all episodes3103 Fixed auto-sync podcast tab is always enabled2862 Fixed more OPML parser issues2850 Fixed some podcasts still fail to download3119 Fixed podcasts subscriptions fail if accepted before episode list downloads 3119 Fixed many podcast feeds appear empty3120 Fixed indentically named podcasts should have unique numeric identifiers3099 Fixed unsubscribed podcasts continue to download3104 Fixed File Monitor can show List index out of bounds error3010 Fixed no error on m4a playback when QuickTime isn't installed 3045 Fixed playing some corrupted MP3 files triggers a freeze3065 Fixed Direct Sound output plugin division by zero error in some cases3111 Fixed playing song not in the DB briefly adds it to the DB Location node3104 Fixed rare 'list index out of bounds error' for File Monitor3074 Fixed error when quickly refreshing the tracklist3053 Fixed sorting Now Playing changes sort order of main tracklist3070 Fixed regression: Tree doesn't have individual years3069 Fixed playlist content can be duplicated in some cases3081 Fixed AddTracksFromQuery() function3068 Fixed player appears to freeze when trying to play inaccessible files3083 Fixed party mode: tracks can be d&d into playlist when re-ordering is disabled3049 Fixed regression: cannot play files recorded to Virtual CD3039 Fixed many winamp plugins no longer work3063 Fixed scanning multiple value ID3 fields can cause other fields to be skipped2475 Fixed Album art is sometimes imported out of order if multiple images exist3044 Fixed regression: Album Art quality was reduced in Alpha 43113 Fixed Edit Album Art properties can cause access violation3122 Fixed Conductors dropdown list contains Artists2360 Fixed various issues with script installation framework3048 Fixed 'Thread Error: The handle is invalid (6)'3028 Fixed Track Browser button status can be incorrect

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

Here's Alpha 6. Lots new and improved including another new skin, improved search, performance and stability improvements and plenty of other bug fixes.

Before you rush into downloading it, remember that it's an Alpha build and contains a variety of changes that have not been thoroughly tested. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes by advanced users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming, but keep in mind that at this point our focus will be on testing and bug fixing.

p.s. one note about the size of MM betas: you can expect them to slim down--they include debug code which inflates their size.

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

Another couple of weeks another alpha... we debated holding off for a day or 2 to resolve a couple of known issues in this build, but it has so many improvements and we figured you'd appreciate it sooner...

Before you rush into downloading it, remember that it's an Alpha build and contains a variety of changes that have not been thoroughly tested. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes by advanced users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming, but keep in mind that at this point our focus will be on testing and bug fixing.

Known problems:
-Global hotkeys aren't working correctly
-Popups don't work in several cases

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

Here's another belated alpha (the last one), that I hope you'll find it worth the wait. There are a variety of fixes and improvements in many areas, the biggest changes relating to improved filtering and views, and improved support for classical music.

Before you rush into downloading it, remember that it's an Alpha build and contains some changes that have not been thoroughly tested. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes by advanced users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming, but keep in mind that at this point our focus will be on testing and bug fixing.

Known problem:
-Global hotkeys aren't working correctly

Change you might want to be aware of:
-Default install directory was changed to ..\MediaMonkey3

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

Here's beta 1 at last. The database schema is frozen and a DB upgrade from MM 2.5.5 has been added, along with fixes to many of the problems introduced with configurable views. Also, thanks again to Morten for completing the Glided MiniPlayer and MicroPlayer.

Before you rush into downloading it, keep in mind that it's a Beta build and is still undergoing testing. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes for users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming, but keep in mind that at this point our focus will be on testing and bug fixing.

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

I'm happy to announce availability of Beta 2. It mostly fixes many of the bugs reported over the course of Beta 1, and includes a few improvements for Classical music lovers. Also, I wanted to give thanks for a couple of user contributions: Morten made further improvements to 'Glided', and Onkel Enno translated strings to German.

Before you rush into downloading it, keep in mind that it's a Beta build and still has some unknown bugs. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes for users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming, but keep in mind that at this point our focus will be on testing and bug fixing.

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

I'm happy to announce availability of Beta 3. It has another bunch of fixes including fixes to most of the annoyances from Beta 2.

Before you rush into downloading it, keep in mind that it's a Beta build and still has some unknown bugs. The software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes for users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming, but keep in mind that at this point our focus will be on testing and bug fixing.

Known issues:
-occasional errors when browsing iPod
-Album Art views are a work in progress in terms of sorting/grouping

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

Announcing Beta 4--our last beta. We've fixed most of the open critical bugs, and also did a fair bit of optimization. I think you'll find this to be a huge improvement over previous betas.

Note that the software is being provided for feedback and testing purposes for users who are comfortable with pre-release software. Take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming, but keep in mind that our focus at this point is only on critical bugs.

Test Note: Default installation path reverted to \MediaMonkey (there were various unforseen issues associated with treating MM3 as a separate app with an independent directory).

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.

At long last...RC-1. Fixes upon fixes upon fixes, and MM is now just about ready for regular usage. Note that it's still a release _candidate_ -- it's near-ready, but the volume of changes in this build makes it advisable to take precautions and backup your data/files to protect against data loss during installation or usage.

Please keep the feedback coming, but keep in mind that our focus at this point is only on critical bugs.

Note to translators: if you're wondering why some languages are missing, it's because languages that haven't been localized for 3.0 have been removed from the release candidate. We'll add them back once they're updated.

Installation
Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions:
-When prompted for an install directory, choose a new directory such as /Program Files/MediaMonkey3/ so as to preserve your existing MediaMonkey installation.
-When prompted for path to shorcuts, choose something like MediaMonkey3 so that you'll have shortcuts to both versions of MediaMonkey in your Start folder.